For the upcoming 2014 season, the Perky League will welcome one new franchise, say goodbye to another and witness the import into its ranks of a franchise from the rival PennDel League.

When the circuit rolls out another season this May, the PVTL will be an 11-team league, with a new franchise in Royersford, and the Upper Moreland Brewers, formerly of the PennDel, becoming the Ambler Brewers and replacing the defunct Ambler Rebels team.

Those are the league’s hot-stove highlights, according to Nor-Gwyn manager and league vice-president Tony (Pep) DiBricida, who added that the league is now hoping to bring in a 12th franchise in the coming years.

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“Pete Moore (the team’s long-time, player-manager) is bringing in his Upper Moreland team,” DiBricida said, noting that the particulars will be ironed out at the monthly league meeting Thursday night. “My understanding is that he’ll be bringing most of his team, although he might be keeping some of the (holdover) Amber players.”

As for Royersford, that is a done deal, with the franchise’s application for league entry approved back in December.

Jeff Owens, a former Perky League player, owns and will coach the Royersford franchise, nicknamed the Blue Jays, using players currently playing in the Sunday-only Ches-Mont adult baseball league.

As of the moment, the “new” Ambler franchise has gotten a commitment from Temple University to play its home games at the school’s Ambler baseball facility at least through June, with any home games beyond that to be played, tentatively, at Upper Moreland’s former home field at Mason’s Mill Park in Warminster.

Royersford’s home games will not be played at Spring-Ford High School’s baseball facility, as the franchise has been unable to secure the field. Instead, the team, for the moment, will call Jeanne Rossett French Memorial Park home, although the franchise has agreed, if necessary, to play its home games on the road for its inaugural season.

The league will also start anew without Collegeville manager Bob Letter overseeing the fortunes of the Black Sox.

Letter announced his resignation as manager at the end of the 2013 season.

Now with 11 teams under its flag, the Perky League will continue to seek a 12th franchise, with the idea of becoming a 12-team league with two six-team divisions.

“We’ve had others inquire about bringing a new team into the league,” DiBricida said, “but they haven’t followed up.